The current uniform, in use since the mid-1980s, includes a dark blue mess jacket and mess dress trousers for men and a similarly-colored evening-length skirt for women. Women have had the option to wear mess dress trousers since August 2020.

The two primary uniforms of the modern U.S. Army are the Army Combat Uniform, used in operational environments, and the Army Green Service Uniform, worn during everyday professional wear and during formal and ceremonial occasions that do not warrant the wear of the more formal blue service uniform.